Policies for public health management of meningococcal disease
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Policies for public health management of meningococcal disease.
The article in this edition of the journal by Ardern and colleagues illustrates many of the diYculties in formulating and applying guidelines for the control of meningococcal disease. The first problem is the lack of an evidence base. The only published study to support the use of chemoprophylaxis as a control measure was an unblinded, observational study that demonstrated a lower secondary att...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.9.516